# Stinger

Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.

Strength: 35% ABV

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 20 ml [White crème de menthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/white-creme-de-menthe.md)

## Glassware

Martini glass

## Garnish

- Mint leaf — Optional.

## Method

1. Stir both ingredients with ice in a mixing glass.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

## Related drinks

- [French Connection](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection.md): A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Japanese Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-cocktail.md): Cognac, orgeat, and aromatic bitters form a foundational stirred cocktail whose dry brandy structure keeps the almond syrup far from tropical territory.
- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Horse’s Neck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horses-neck.md): Cognac and ginger ale become unusually aromatic beneath a continuous lemon spiral, whose peel oils give the spare, cold highball its defining dry edge.
- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/stinger-6f326bc8.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/stinger/